Juicy Lucy Cheddar Burgers

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About

The Juicy Lucy is a Minneapolis burger with the cheese sealed inside the patty. Two bars a few blocks apart on Cedar Avenue, Matt’s Bar and the 5-8 Club, both claim to have invented it in the 1950s, and neither has ever conceded. What everyone agrees on is the warning: the cheese inside comes out molten.

This version seasons ground round with Worcestershire, salt, pepper and garlic powder and shapes it into eight thin patties. Quartered slices of Cheddar are stacked in the middle of four of them, six pieces each, then covered with the other four, and the edges are pinched tightly so no cheese leaks out. On a medium-high grill, the burgers cook undisturbed for about four minutes, until they release from the grate, then are flipped and cooked until they puff slightly in the centre, the sign the cheese inside has melted. Let them rest before biting.

Ingredients

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Ground beef1 1/2 pounds ground round
Worcestershire sauce1 Tablespoon worcestershire
Salt1 teaspoon salt
Black pepper1 teaspoon pepper
Garlic powder3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Cheddar6 slices cheddar cheese, cut into quarters
Burger bun4 burger buns
White onionOnion slices
Dill picklepickle slices
Mayonnaisemayo
Yellow mustardmustard
Ketchupketchup for serving

Recipe

1
Combine ground beef, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a bowl. Mix meat mixture gently to combine and shape into 8 patties.
2
Stack quartered cheese slices, 6 pieces per burger, onto the center of 4 of the burger patties. Top each burger with a second patty and pinch the edges to seal the burger tightly.
3
Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat. Cook burgers undisturbed on one side for 4 minutes, or until grill marks appear and burger releases easily from the grill. Flip and continue to cook until burger has puffed in the center slightly and is browned on the other side.
4
Serve burgers on toasted buns with desired toppings.